I don't really know much about this build, but I know that the person who seems to have it is Carlos Carerra (CarlOS), from Spain. He also seems to have Chicago Build 33 and 34, as well as Janus Build 34e (original) and Chicago Build 117 (real). I've asked him a couple of times about this old stuff, especially Chicago Build 34 which I've been searching for a couple of years now, but he never answered any of my emails.

For anyone who wants to contact him, he can be contacted at ccarrera54@gmail.com. You can try asking him, but I don't think he'll answer.

I also heard of a project called "Gizeh" which is 64-Bit and has pyramid shaped icons, however I'll have to look it up again (I found it in the OSBA/ClassicBeta Archives).

whatever, there were never any 3d windowsses, its a hoax from 1996, they also said "disney designed the icons" and "... we will show it in disney cinemas", total crap at all, sorry.

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I don't really know much about this build, but I know that the person who seems to have it is Carlos Carerra (CarlOS), from Spain. He also seems to have Chicago Build 33 and 34, as well as Janus Build 34e (original) and Chicago Build 117 (real). I've asked him a couple of times about this old stuff, especially Chicago Build 34 which I've been searching for a couple of years now, but he never answered any of my emails.

actually, hes like seok or nakamura, but i wont specify more in the risk of getting banned.

gizeh was part of the "3d windows 97 codename knowville" hoax, too, sadly. there were never any 64bit builds of 9x, only nt.

those builds, sadly, i believed were real, but later me and a lot of other people found out they werent real,

Okay, Carlos Carrera, a contact of OBrasilo, is said to have this build.From what I know, OBrasilo come to know him in October/November last year;on the 6th November the screen posted above appeared.

I think you should know that I got a (selfmade) "hi-res" screen withoutany jpeg artifacts of the same build in August last year from OBrasilo...

Conclusion: this build does not exist, the screen at the top is a fake and mostlikely that CarlOS user account also is (that's why no one replies, but proablythis account will become active again after this post - to prove that I'm wrong... lol).

@the mods: I think you should lock this thread to avoid further flame posts or whatever...

I agree on that. Unless someone can actually produce this build (or anything with these 3D effects) I don't see why this should be further analyzed. We don't need any more "fake" discussions. Making an artifact-free screenshot is quite easy if you use the symbols and icons with a little bit of Photoshop knowledge. I've seen this screenshot circulate all over the web, and personally I find it quite unlikely that Microsoft would do such HUGE side-step into 3D (which in this case - based on the screenshot - is very bad design) and then drop it without leaving any traces. Even now Microsoft had the chance to include 3D animated icons and UI that really shines, or even something along Apple's Time Capsule theme where windows are warped "into" the screen. But these are only my own observations and opinions, I don't have any deep knowledge of what Microsoft did in those days with Memphis.